Beyond repair? The Energy Charter Treaty

But as negotiations begin for the reform of the treaty, this paper asks, is it beyond repair? When it comes to ending its protection for fossil fuels, and scrapping investor rights for climate-damaging industries, the 'modernisation' could be doomed to fail.

For the modernisation to be successful, the EU and EU Member States should ensure an end to all protection of fossil fuels and removal of any investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions. Should this reform fail, they must agree to jointly terminate the treaty or withdraw from it.